Ironing board cover



Sept. 2, 1952 W. MQCRORY 2,608,774

IRONING BOARD COVER Filed June 18, 1

L18 I INVENTOR.

Mam/w Ma (war Patented Sept. 2, 1952 atomisi A moms BOARD coven- I WilliamMcGrdr-y, Los Angeles, Calif; I Application June is, 1948;, SeriaPNQ; sense My invention relates to ironing boards, and particularly to ironing boards fitted with. means, for detachably' holding a fabric ironing board covering in place, and is a continuation in part of my copending application Serial No. 558,677, filed October 14, 1944, now Patent No. 2,504,560, dated April 18, 1950 entitled Ironing Board.

Various constructions of ironing'boards of the type referred to have been proposed many of which were quite complicated. It is the general object of theinvention to provide a simple but satisfactory construction of ironin board and detachable cover having various advantages over any hitherto. known to the. best of my l d e and belief.

It is an object of my invention to provide an ironing board fitted with a tailored reversible coverwhich may be readily removed and laundered, thus making it unnecessary to renew the coverfor long periods.

It is a further object: of the invention to provide means for holding the ironing board cover detachably in place so that the cover is. held stretched over the board without any wrinkling with a minimum of fastening parts.

A still further object of the invention is to provide means for stretching the ironing board cover and holding it securely all around the periphery of the board by members permanently pivoted to the board, and which are arranged so that the iron cannot pinch clothing on the board against said members.

Yet another object of my invention is to provide a rigid frame for the ironing board cover which is permanently hinged to the board and onto which the ironing board cover may be readily slipped for use on the ironing board or removed for cleaning.

Still further objects of my invention will appear from the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective viewof the ironing board of my invention in operative position and mounted on a stand of known construction;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary cross section on the line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary side elevation looking in the direction of the arrows 3-3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary cross section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary detail view drawn to a larger scale showing one of the clips forming part of the cover-holding means; and

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the ironing board fabric cover detached from the ironing board.

2 Claims. (Cl. hit-;)

In the drawings the numeral. N). indicates the body of the ironing: board. whichis of conventional outline but is provided with a. ledge [2 extending from. the lower edge: of the body: from points 12a. toward the wider end or butt on each side and running around the. edges, of the board and the narrow end thereof.

A cover stretching frame 14 conforming to. the contour of the board is arranged to fit above the ledge l2 and is pivoted to the'board. at each end by screwsv l6 passing through. holes. drilled through the vertical sidesof the strip at its, buttends. The striprmayi therefore be. swung upwardly about. its pivots- An ironing board cover I18 is provided. with double walled or bag-like constructionxhaving a portion I811 shaped to.- fit closely; overthebutt end of the board. To enable: portion I8a to beslipped over the butt end. of the board it is connected to the remainder of the cover on the upper surface. only but. is. separated from. the remainder of the. cover at the: edges: and underside as. indi catcd at. 20 in Fig. 6; The. main portion of the cover fits. snugly over the clamping. frame as clearly shown in Fig. 2.

A thick felt or blanket pad 22 cut to fit the top of the board is positioned as usual between the cover l8 and the surface of the board.

It will be noted that the clamping frame 14 is of relatively heavy construction such as A," by aluminum or mild steel and will therefore hold its formed shape.

The clamping frame It with the cover mounted thereon is held firmly against the upper surface of ledge l2 and the vertical edge of the ironing board by means of clamps 24. I have found that a pair of clamps arranged one at each side toward the narrow end of the board will hold the clamping strip securely in place.

The form of the clips 24 preferred by me is clearly shown in Figs. 4 and 5, and comprise a small plate pivoted on a screw 26 driven into the underside of the board l0 near its edge. The plate is provided with a downturned lug 28 by which its freeend may be readily swung outward of the edge of the board. The free end of the plate is turned upwardly at 30 and inwardly at 32 to engage against the upper surface of the clamping frame and edge of the cover when the free end is pushed against the edge of the board. It will be noted from Fig. 4 that the thickness of the pad 22 with the double thickness of the cover l8 lying above the pad raises the ironing surface above the top of the clamp 24 so that clothes cannot be pinched by the iron against the clamps and the clamps cannot be knocked clamping frame, bag-like cover, and holding 7 members may be fitted to ordinary ironing boards r by attaching the clamping frame thereto and securing pivoted clamps 24 in place by screws driven into the lower face of the board.

A flange upon which the lower face of the stretching frame may be clamped can be provided by rabbetting the edge of the ironing board or by projecting strips of metal or other suitable material secured to the lower face of the board.

While I have particularly described a presently preferred embodiment of my invention it is to be understood that various changes and modifications may be made therein by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the invention as intended to be defined by the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In an ironing board, a cover comprising: a tensioned metal frame of I elongated U-shape formed with similar legs formed to fit the lateral edges of an ironing board and joined by an intermediate portion adapted to overlie the small end of the ironing board, and a fabric cover formed with top and bottom sections secured together at corresponding edges to provide a space closed at opposite ends for receiving the frame, said bottom section being transversely cut to provide an open pocket for receiving the butt end of the board when the remainder of the cover is stretched over the frame, the legs of said frame being pivotally secured at transversely oppositeends to the butt section of the board, said frame when moved into 4 conforming engagement with marginal edges of the board being efiective for holding the cover tightly stretched on the board for use.

2. In an ironing board, a cover comprising: a tensioned metal frame of elongated U-shape formed with similar legs formed to fit the lateral edges of an ironing board and joined by an intermediate portion adapted to overlie the small end of the ironing board, and 'a fabric cover formed with top and bottom sections secured together at corresponding edges to provide a space closed at opposite ends for receiving the frame, said bottom section being transversely cut to provide an open pocket for receiving the butt end of the board when the remainder of the cover is stretched over the frame, the legs of said frame being pivotally secured at transversely opposite ends to the butt section of the board, said frame when moved into conforming engagement with marginal edges of the board being effective for holding the covertightly stretched on the board for use, said pocket preventing displacement of the cover from the butt end of the board, and yieldable clamps hinged to the other end of the board and adapted to overlie the frame and cover for holding the other end of the cover and frame against unintentional displacement.

- WILLIAM MCCRORY.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file'of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 182,880 Wilson Oct. 3, 1876 1,565,373 Kohn Dec. 15, 1925 1,573,193 Riesenweber Feb. 16, 1926 2,475,106 Mohr et al July 5, 1949 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 147,898 Austria May 26, 1911 

